DB: I'm probably gonna retire from SOTN speedrunning this year once I have all the records Also DB: Here's a new trick to make most records on the leaderboard (including mine) obsolete
@@LilacShowersDoing things?? Caring about your own success?? It’s not fair to reward those who try in life, save that for the evil capitalists. We need a society where no one is responsible for anything because that’s so much more fair and equal. Endless rows of empty apartments with no electricity and bread lines sounds more appealing to genius woke individuals.
I don't even follow speed runs for this game but this was so interesting to see. I absolutely love how things can just be shattered after what seems impossible
Right? I don't attempt speedruns or even follow them, but when someone takes the time to explain what they're doing to break the game, it's very interesting.
Wait so speedrunners knew about the backwards launch for a long time, but only recently realized they might use it to skip a clock cycle? I love these moments... when there's just something out there in the ether, just waiting to be grabbed, with no reason why it's not attainable at any moment.
you shouldn't look at big toss in second castle as a "it is faster than bat smashing here" look for chances to save bat smashes in spots u can't normally use them because of mp if possible.
Thank you for this detailed explanation - I don’t have the temperament/patience for speedrunning but I’m endlessly fascinated by how people find these glitches and exploits and put them together to form new routes and strategies :)
I'm never going to speedrun a game, ever, but the community behind speedrunning in general is fascinating for some reason. The way it takes itself so seriously, micro-celebrity skilled speedrunners, tools and theory crafting, all for something which only holds importance to the people doing it. The way it breaks open games and pulls out so much more enjoyment, so many more layers than the developers ever intended, and keeps a freshness to games that are decades old. I could watch tons of videos like this.
So we went from "To what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, but loses his own soul" to the future goal of "Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.", which ironically has 7 as in sub-7, conspiracy maybe?
I belive there is a bunch of more stuff to figure out in this game as far as speedrunning....lycanthorpe randomizer is interesting but there's more secrets to be had.
Not gonna lie, I'm not into Castlevania mostly because I hadn't give it a chance yet, but this new technique is insane, props to you pink haired man, discovering a new bug and breaking a world record in any speedruns category is an insane achievement, I hope my good man Karl Jobst covers this and gives you more recognition in the future.
in rondo of blood this code was the stage select cheat. so people who knew it from there would know to try it in this game. still no idea how it was ever figured out for that one, though.
Oh boy, why is this so rewatchable? Something about your narration style, editing and the flow of the video makes this always an entertaining watch. Great job!
Another great video and as always, love the explanation that gives you the right enough info to know what is going on without digging too deep. Curious to see if there will be a push to add Luck mode as a category since all the other ones specifically ban it. Very curious how low this can go!!!
Hey man, I just wanna say that youre absolutely inspirational. This is one of my favorite games, ive played it more times than I can count. But i didnt know even a quarter of these skips and tricks. Youve shown me some crazy new ways to play this classic. Thank you.
It's insane to see you on #1 in the leaderboards with a time of 15:38 and #2 being on 16:39 with everyone after that only having a couple seconds time between each other. Insane job with the routing!
niceeee your gonna claim it . I want to claim Castlevania 64 Reinhardt ..ive been playing everyday a year straight lol its even inturepted my music grind
I wonder, in luck mode, what is the possibility of an enemy dropping a sellable gem in order to sell at the shop, and would it be a valuable enough to be worth using instead of getting the garnet or onyx.
Question: You mentioned ideally grabbing the Garnet before making the sub-7 clock cycle, which costs 5 seconds. Is it possible for an enemy on the routing to randomly drop a Garnet (or any other sellable Gem) to save that time?
Wait what? This title card has to be a troll. X-X!V''Q is the very famous luck cheat that allows you to keep all of Alucard's armour and skip death entirely. Known by literally everyone when the game came out... me halfway through the video: Oh this is good!
All i can really say is, like, congrats on finding a human-viable sub 7! Absolutely nutty, with room to improve. Best of luck to you, I hope you meet your goal time.
It;s nice to see luck mode coming back, mostly because I cant reliably do the old meta death skip but still, now I just need to learn the glitch to go through walls, and ill almost be competitive.
damn. i was speedrunning SOTN without even realizing that was wat i was doing when i was a kid, i figured out the wolf jump extension all by myself thru trial and error, that's how intune i was with that game. that being said, i'm HIGHLY fucking impressed sir. my hats off to u.
watched the archive of the 16:19 and it was funny how disappointed you were still. I think working out a system for taking breaks will lead to better play, better health, and better streams so hopefully you can figure that out, you wrecking your arm/hand isn't worth lowering the record :)
I had rented SOTN once but didn't really get it, and the time I settled in to playing it to finish I put in the luck code, not knowing it was also a hard mode code. I also didn't realize how fucking amazing it was that I just happened upon Crissaegrim without really trying. These speedruns though, goddamn!
I can't believe people spend huge chunks of their life doing this without getting bored. I get bored with games when playing them normally. I need your superpower.
I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner. It seems pretty obvious that that would be a quicker method of travel. I guess you can't use it in the long marble gallery room though. Too bad.
The stone rose or other creature can't big toss you if you stay a low enough level to skip that entire hallway...back and forth health items become a problem I'm sure, but there's the doppelganger boss fight save point for the 1st time through
@1:19 You should say "...there's one room *whose* importance...". I know it might feel odd saying "whose" about a thing instead of a person, but it turns out that it is grammatically correct.
DB: I'm probably gonna retire from SOTN speedrunning this year once I have all the records
Also DB: Here's a new trick to make most records on the leaderboard (including mine) obsolete
😊
Bro has the consistency of a drug addict.
imagine just . .. . casually trying to see if you can beat clock rush and just doing it on your first try.
whats with everyone "imagining"? gezz i guess the world is full of NPCs after all.
@@WhatisAPaladin let me guess: you're "the wolf in a world full of sheep" or whatever boomers post on facebook these days lmao
@@LilacShowersDoing things?? Caring about your own success?? It’s not fair to reward those who try in life, save that for the evil capitalists. We need a society where no one is responsible for anything because that’s so much more fair and equal. Endless rows of empty apartments with no electricity and bread lines sounds more appealing to genius woke individuals.
@@wearethewearethewearethhe Are you saying communists invented daydreaming?
What is this comment thread?
I don't even follow speed runs for this game but this was so interesting to see. I absolutely love how things can just be shattered after what seems impossible
Right? I don't attempt speedruns or even follow them, but when someone takes the time to explain what they're doing to break the game, it's very interesting.
Never even played the game casually before XD
@@simpli_A you're missing out. i had heard a lot about the game but metroidvanias weren't really my thing. gave it a try and loved the hell out of it.
Wait so speedrunners knew about the backwards launch for a long time, but only recently realized they might use it to skip a clock cycle? I love these moments... when there's just something out there in the ether, just waiting to be grabbed, with no reason why it's not attainable at any moment.
you shouldn't look at big toss in second castle as a "it is faster than bat smashing here" look for chances to save bat smashes in spots u can't normally use them because of mp if possible.
This is a good idea to look into
but you need to save hp as well right?
Hp there isn’t as important, but you do have less
@@sakesaurus as long as you save 1 hp your fine :P speedrunners tend to look at their HP more as a tool than something to save.
Thank you for this detailed explanation - I don’t have the temperament/patience for speedrunning but I’m endlessly fascinated by how people find these glitches and exploits and put them together to form new routes and strategies :)
I really liked this video a lot! congrats on getting the WR and goodluck on the 15:36!
Has science gone too far?? This video is a frickin masterpiece. Congrats on the find!!! Now get that record son!!!!! No one more deserving
I'm never going to speedrun a game, ever, but the community behind speedrunning in general is fascinating for some reason. The way it takes itself so seriously, micro-celebrity skilled speedrunners, tools and theory crafting, all for something which only holds importance to the people doing it. The way it breaks open games and pulls out so much more enjoyment, so many more layers than the developers ever intended, and keeps a freshness to games that are decades old. I could watch tons of videos like this.
So we went from "To what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, but loses his own soul" to the future goal of "Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.", which ironically has 7 as in sub-7, conspiracy maybe?
Take your meds homie :)
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH KING
So speedrunning is related to giving charity. Makes sense.
Atheists in shambles after this revelation!
i upvoted this to 157, as in sub-7 before i upvoted it
Looking forward to seeing you destroy this category even farther. Great Video!
This game has been broken since the GOAT romscout got the first ever sub 8 Clockrush
Speaking of breaking, watching romscout break Iga's heart with this game...
Good. Iga's heart deserves to be broken.
Joel
I belive there is a bunch of more stuff to figure out in this game as far as speedrunning....lycanthorpe randomizer is interesting but there's more secrets to be had.
@@Kydrou Why?
Not gonna lie, I'm not into Castlevania mostly because I hadn't give it a chance yet, but this new technique is insane, props to you pink haired man, discovering a new bug and breaking a world record in any speedruns category is an insane achievement, I hope my good man Karl Jobst covers this and gives you more recognition in the future.
technically its not a bug as the feature was intended we just abuse the feature which makes it an exploit
Castlevania is the greatest franchise in video gaming
Every time I see a video from you, you've done something else crazy with this game. Great find and great video as always dude!
X-X!V''Q Luck Mode Code actually stands for x-x!√q , which is a weird function.
As are all other max stat codes in the game.
in rondo of blood this code was the stage select cheat. so people who knew it from there would know to try it in this game. still no idea how it was ever figured out for that one, though.
Oh boy, why is this so rewatchable? Something about your narration style, editing and the flow of the video makes this always an entertaining watch. Great job!
Another great video and as always, love the explanation that gives you the right enough info to know what is going on without digging too deep.
Curious to see if there will be a push to add Luck mode as a category since all the other ones specifically ban it.
Very curious how low this can go!!!
Hey man, I just wanna say that youre absolutely inspirational. This is one of my favorite games, ive played it more times than I can count. But i didnt know even a quarter of these skips and tricks.
Youve shown me some crazy new ways to play this classic. Thank you.
I remember inputting this code in 98 after reading some gaming magazine and having my mind blown.
your explanation is always a thing that put a smile in my face. thanks for this type of content and good luck in the future speed runs
You are awesome DB! Well edited video as well.
It's insane to see you on #1 in the leaderboards with a time of 15:38 and #2 being on 16:39 with everyone after that only having a couple seconds time between each other.
Insane job with the routing!
niceeee your gonna claim it . I want to claim Castlevania 64 Reinhardt ..ive been playing everyday a year straight lol its even inturepted my music grind
Honestly I will not watch you probably ever again but here is my 'like & subscribe' for this wonderful informative and entertaining video ;)
Wow, it's insane we learn even more about this game! What more will we discover in 30 more years?
Multiplayer emulation modding?
@@TrianglePants You don't have to wait 30 yrs for it
19:00 Good luck, DB!
This is such a good breakdown of the run in general and the new strategy is specific.
Not at all shocked to see DB hit a sub-7 clock rush on his first try. Looking forward to the sub 15:30
This video kept me glued to the screen! I love speedruns and I love SotN and this video was perfect 🤯
I hope to see more runs from this category!
your videos keep getting better. loved that montage of the actual run
I wonder, in luck mode, what is the possibility of an enemy dropping a sellable gem in order to sell at the shop, and would it be a valuable enough to be worth using instead of getting the garnet or onyx.
Probably not big enough to be relied on.
triple weathertenko noises
@@percher4824 not high enough to rely on, but inevitably the WR will contain it.
Thats amazing, you trully are the GOAT of SOTN
NICE! Just in time, I wanted to watch one video of yours at this very moment, really entertaining stuff.
Well, we'll get a summoningsalt 3 hour video discussing this one moment soon.
This prelude is fire!
This is like my 3rd time rewatching this, haha.
Still amazing!
GGs with the 16:19. That DBDaily guy has got his work cut out for him.
I'll never be tired of hearing speedrunners call a WR time 'bad'
Lol that amused me too... it's technically a world record but it's bad 😂
I am looking forward to seeing the progress of the new strats.
Right!? New runs and it’s gonna get lower, right?
Question: You mentioned ideally grabbing the Garnet before making the sub-7 clock cycle, which costs 5 seconds. Is it possible for an enemy on the routing to randomly drop a Garnet (or any other sellable Gem) to save that time?
No most of the gems that can be dropped are really low value and I dont think any enemies can drop garnets especially on that rout
If memory does not fail, no enemy drops gemstones in the route
I have to say, the fact that you got world record, but were disappointed says a lot
Grats son, looking forward to seeing the time steadily drop.
This code was posted in GamesMaster and CVG magazines upon the games release with maps.
New route prolly means new showcase on next year's gdq. So theres that to look forward to
Wait what? This title card has to be a troll. X-X!V''Q is the very famous luck cheat that allows you to keep all of Alucard's armour and skip death entirely. Known by literally everyone when the game came out...
me halfway through the video: Oh this is good!
It's nice to find speed run exploits that are built into the game and not necessarily a glitch. Super cool stuff.
Luck Mode should be its own category lol.
it is just the fastest way. it will just be any%.
any% is any way of beating the game as fast as possible.
Imma be real with you chief
I completely miss the bat charge attack every time I play this game because I just truly have no clue where it is.
I watched this, got to the stream, and then came back for the raid.
Absolutely insane been awhile since I watched a sotn video only to see the game even more broken
Speedrunning can be so cool sometimes. I love stories like this.
Theres 52 seconds time save, and you saved 2 seconds using that strat. Love it 😂
All i can really say is, like, congrats on finding a human-viable sub 7!
Absolutely nutty, with room to improve. Best of luck to you, I hope you meet your goal time.
This feels like when I got my 13:36 Wing Commander 1 WR. It's so bad, but the new strats saved so much time.
4:59 I still remember the first bird to discover this trick. Im glad humans found out how to do this too.
Ugh, I was watching DBD and you HAD to drop a video...
Guess I'll watch this now, and DBD later!
Didn’t expect to hit the skip, and still ends up 20 seconds off WR💀 fucking beast
You can tell how much self respect a man has by observing how he presents himself and how much he alters his appearance to get attention.
It;s nice to see luck mode coming back, mostly because I cant reliably do the old meta death skip but still, now I just need to learn the glitch to go through walls, and ill almost be competitive.
ive been rooting for ya for a long time. probably my favorite game from my childhood
😄
thank you for all your time
Random guy: I'll give my son my name, but with "Junior" at the beginning.
Dracula: I have an even worse idea...
Is Adrian really that bad name?
I don't speedrun. But I LOVE SOTN. What you've done broke my brain and lifted my soul and inspired me to play it again.
damn. i was speedrunning SOTN without even realizing that was wat i was doing when i was a kid, i figured out the wolf jump extension all by myself thru trial and error, that's how intune i was with that game. that being said, i'm HIGHLY fucking impressed sir. my hats off to u.
This is like someone invented "high jump backflip", there will be new world records but everyone will still remember you!
watched the archive of the 16:19 and it was funny how disappointed you were still.
I think working out a system for taking breaks will lead to better play, better health, and better streams so hopefully you can figure that out, you wrecking your arm/hand isn't worth lowering the record :)
Kinda hard to believe no one tried before to get launched twice to get clock rush sooner.
Joel 16:26
Congrats fella.
TL:DR he found a 60 second skip and beat the world record by 2 seconds
WR at 15:39
"Maybe it's not about the destination" - A speedrunner
I had rented SOTN once but didn't really get it, and the time I settled in to playing it to finish I put in the luck code, not knowing it was also a hard mode code. I also didn't realize how fucking amazing it was that I just happened upon Crissaegrim without really trying.
These speedruns though, goddamn!
Amazing work, i love seeing that there are people still pushing this game 25 years on. thank you for this
Nice gameplay big thumbs up for you ❤❤❤
I can't get over your cosplay of a level 2 streets of rage bandito.
Holy shit, man. I hope you find another clock cycle eventually!
Congratulation! ;D
you explaining the clock rush:
me: so it's the fricking bus stop again?
I can't believe people spend huge chunks of their life doing this without getting bored. I get bored with games when playing them normally. I need your superpower.
I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner. It seems pretty obvious that that would be a quicker method of travel. I guess you can't use it in the long marble gallery room though. Too bad.
Devs: here’s a hard mode.
Speedrunners: you mean Ḛ̴̡̺̠̮̫͋̈́̓͒́̑ͅA̶̧̦̓S̸̡̢̯̬͔̠͈̠̉̈͊̂̚Y̸͈̋̍̄ ̶̧͎̟͕̞̹̼̞͛̋̀M̴̲̠͇̭͙͈͂Ȍ̸̯̗̞̘̻̟͌̿̉̉̀̎̚D̷̛͉̺̦̺̄͌̆͊̈́E̸͇͍̤͓̐̀̓
this changes everything...
GZZZZ on the huge viewcount, much deserved
The stone rose or other creature can't big toss you if you stay a low enough level to skip that entire hallway...back and forth health items become a problem I'm sure, but there's the doppelganger boss fight save point for the 1st time through
@1:19 You should say "...there's one room *whose* importance...". I know it might feel odd saying "whose" about a thing instead of a person, but it turns out that it is grammatically correct.
Props to u . ive never ever beat one Castlevania game ever in history.
It's a joy to watch you wreck SOTN. Bat!!
Wow crazy I couldn't of imagined getting that my first chance.
So Isaac stopped being a devil forgemaster and became a youtuber.
DB out here cooking up some delicious high-quality content
This is such a clean edit. Legend
Bravo for pronouncing Vlad TEPES correctly 👏
As someone whos never played this game. This is an amazong video. Got a sub from me + i need to play this game now
Its always exiting when a new skip or strat is found after years of the same route in any speedrun.
Somebody call Summoning Salt
Dr4gonBlitz ??? More like Dr4gonGo4t !!! Sheeeeeeeesh !!
I doubt there's only 1 wall glitch in the game, there must be other broken glitches like the ones from Aria of Sorrow
Do you mean reverse shift line? If so, there are multiple
@@ougonce He might be referring to the wolf floor clip at the library. There's multiple of those as well, so you're are still correct hahaha
The algorithm requires engagementa but well done!
Man, with strats like that a 16:19.69 should be doable, no?
I really like the editing in this video.
"Technically world record, but so bad"
JEEEZ